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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:56 pm
IF it were mine I would sand whole thing back out Nice and smooth Spray whole thing with a coat of epoxy then whole thing with primer sand it all out smooth then Spray Base coat then Clear.

AGAIN your compressor is making water and possibly oil as well this needs to be corrected and remedied before spraying anything again. I also suggest Practicing more before trying again.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:44 pm
heyhi1 wrote:What happens if I happen to cut through the clear then what do I do.


It's going to be nearly impossible to sand that back until it's smooth enough without breaking through the clear. Plus, as you point out, there are the areas where you didn't achieve coverage.

Wherever there is an edge you have a danger spot that could fry up if base was applied there without being primed. So I think that you need to accept that the bar will have to be reprimed.

At this point just concentrate on getting it smooth. P180 dry on a block, then refine down to P320 or P400 dry.

Post up some photos after you've done this.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 7:11 pm
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heyhi1 wrote:What happens if I happen to cut through the clear then what do I do.


It's going to be nearly impossible to sand that back until it's smooth enough without breaking through the clear. Plus, as you point out, there are the areas where you didn't achieve coverage.

Wherever there is an edge you have a danger spot that could fry up if base was applied there without being primed. So I think that you need to accept that the bar will have to be reprimed.

At this point just concentrate on getting it smooth. P180 dry on a block, then refine down to P320 or P400 dry.

Post up some photos after you've done this.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:14 pm
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nDurhToJihXUzPzKA

Here's a pic so far of what I've done with 180 when do I stop with the 180

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:31 am
MVIMG_20200608_181106.jpg


One of the good things about this forum is that Chris, the site owner, has made storage available for pictures. It's much easier for people to see the pictures in the thread, rather than have to go somewhere else to view them. Easy to do, just click on "Upload attachment", below, upload your photo and then place in in your post where you want it.

So, that's looking ok. To be sure that you have all the texture out, guide coat it and sand with P240. Any imperfections will be quite apparent as dark areas.
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NFT5 wrote:
MVIMG_20200608_181106.jpg


One of the good things about this forum is that Chris, the site owner, has made storage available for pictures. It's much easier for people to see the pictures in the thread, rather than have to go somewhere else to view them. Easy to do, just click on "Upload attachment", below, upload your photo and then place in in your post where you want it.

So, that's looking ok. To be sure that you have all the texture out, guide coat it and sand with P240. Any imperfections will be quite apparent as dark areas.



Okay all done with 240 I think I'm ready to prime. So the only thing I have is epoxy primer sealer. From what they told me I don't have to mix anything special it's just a primer sealer with an activator.
I'm going to hit it with two coats let it dry 4 or 600 wet and hopefully this time the base and clear comes out good but that won't be for a few days because it's going to rain and I got to give this 24 hours to dry
https://photos.app.goo.gl/s3ypPtk9Rg9He2G38

This is the only way I know how to put pictures up here I tried the image button



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:45 pm
I hit it with two coats of primer. There's a few spots that I have a question about. I guess you would call them low spots but I could clearly see when I'm looking at the bumper while it's primed that it could have been sanded a little better and I missed it. Are these going to be trouble spots.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/cz4aoon7SvWxivCU9

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:06 pm
There's a full tutorial on posting photos here.

If you can see those spots after epoxy then they'll definitely be visible after paint. Now is the time to deal with them and then spot prime after correction.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:11 pm
your doing REALLY good professor :clap:
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:44 pm
So this is a question I've been having for a while. When I have to do a spot prime, if the bumper already has epoxy primer sealer is there a certain primer I have to do for spots because I have a few different can primers that are 1k . They're just cheap primers that you would get at the hardware store can I spot with these or does it have to be something in particular
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